The Bossier banner., 1887-05-26


Just see the cute cake baked yes
terday,' : exclaims one happy little shop
girl, proudly holding aloft small
frosted pound cake. Il came early
yesterday afternoon and worked until
seven o'clock at it. o, Twas SO tired.
Such lot of measuring, weighing and
beating it does take to make cake.
| almost gave up, but managed to
stand it, and now ! know it is the best
cake ever baked. You see way down
here. where have taken a little bite.
and it is good. Our folks will like ii,
anyway, because l baked it. o, dear,
there are my potatoes boiling over.''
And away the jubilant young thing
scampers to see about the potatoes she
had cut into balls and dice to make
them pretty when served in a cream
sauce. On the polished range are
grouped kettles large and small, with
the contents bubblirg lively tune and
giving forth most delicious odor.
While the girls wait for the cooking
they watch the process of bread and
roll-making going on at the kitchen
table. The bread had been set in the
morning by one Of the members Of the
ladies class, for Mrs. Riley has wealthy
pupils as well as working ones, and the
sewing girls of the evening class knead
and cut it into different shapes to make
Parker House Boston, you know J
finger and crescent rolls and shaping
round loaves. The whole class watch,
and such EXPLANATIONS as There, Car
rie, you got that one just lovely" or
20, those remind me OF the mud cakes
we used to make in the back yard at
homer are frequently heard. The gay
little milliner declares Carrie is making
a whole family out of the dough, from
Father and Mother Dough down to the
twins, but while the girls chatter the
kneading goes on under the watchful
eye and careful directions of the teacher.
miss O." asks the Professor Of
Cookery, Twill you please watch that
fire and not let it go out, as the fire.
tender did last week while the cooking
was going on, thereby spelling the
whole lesson?" Miss O. flies at the
fire in true womanly style, and soon
the chatter and clatter of tongues,
kettles, pans and spoons begin with re-
newed vigor, for now the brisk FIRE has
done its work and the master of cere-
monies, after peep or two under lids,
decides that the cooking is finished and
that the pots may be lifted.
The young woman who has the fish in
charge lifts the wire basket it had boiled
in. and. after carefully removing the
skin, places the fish on the range again,
where it will keep warm until she has
made the drawn butter sauce to pour
overit. The bread and rolls are by this
time ready for the oven. The eggs are
poached for the poached eggs on toast
the FIRE tender Of the evening being
elated over her final success in properly
breaking an egg after having scored
two or three failures. It seems small
thing to do, but she could not do it righ1
until after the third trial.
Now comes the finishing touches
Sauces are prepared and poured ovel
the vegetables and puddings, and with
pride and eagerness the young cooks si1
down to enjoy the new experience q
eating food prepared with their owr
hands. The simple dishes are eater
with much smacking Of lips and trading
of .4tastes," and during the feast o
samples one has an opportunity to OBJ
serve that the pupils are generous
enough to praise one another's s skill ant
not at all fastidious about licking from
each others spoons.
| Each girl pays ten cents lesson
and she gets the benefit of what il
taught the Others" said the now tiret
instructress, seating herself in hereof,
little parlor. "They are always enthu
siastic in their work. Many of tn,
girls are learning to cook for the ney
homes which they expect to enter be
fore long as brides. Some, though
tired of restaurant lunches and prices
take this way out of the difficulty ant
declare themselves delighted with tn
success they have in their rooms test
ing the rules they have learned here
the novelty Of getting their own meal
giving them pleasure and recreation
and also taking off a considerable littl
sum from their weekly expenses.
i besides the working girls, we hav
classes which are composed of many Q
the wealthiest and most refined ladie
in the city, and they are equally a
eager to learn to cook as the others
partly, / suppose, because it is tn
latest fashionable craze.
i The school of cookery and house
work was the outgrowth Of the SINAI
beginnings OF the kitchen garden
started some years ago by the Kitche
Garden Association, and designed TO
children from ten to twelve years 9
age. The children are instructed wit
toy utensils how to perform all the dr
ties of we'll kept house. Little bed
furnished complete with mattresse.
. sheets. blankets and pillows are use